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Este documento presenta una guía en la cual se identifican las causas y efectos de la pobreza en la población rural de México y se caracteriza un perfil de dicha población.

This report offers practical guidance on how to develop a sustainable supply chain programme based on the values and principles of the UN Global Compact. It features numerous examples of good corporate practice, and outlines ten principles that are intricately tied to sustainability in supply chains within human rights, labour, anti-corruption, and environment categories.

This report discusses the foundations of business management and governance; the business control structure; and the benefits of proper management and governance systems for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). It provides case studies and outlines findings from a survey which sought to understand the acceptance and application of management and governance systems among SMEs in East Africa.

This comprehensive publication series provides an analyses of the issues that affect the role of agriculture, including livestock, fisheries, and forestry, as a source of economic development, rural livelihoods, and environmental services. It provides the user with actionable methods and tools to design programmes and investment projects that aim to increase the productivity and performance of sub-Saharan African agriculture.

This guide is intended to help companies in emerging markets improve relationships with stakeholders and attract investors by better measuring, managing, and reporting their contribution to socially and environmentally sustainable development and demonstrating good corporate governance. It aims to support senior executives and managers in establishing an effective internal system for the sustainability reporting process as well as promoting an innovative and strategic approach to sustainability at the corporate level.

This tool is a framework created to help Business Call to Action companies measure and assess progress toward their Business Call to Action commitments, and effectively report their inclusive business results.

This short documents provides a collection of tools for businesses exploring inclusive business opportunities; it includes a planning and obstacles to inclusivity framework and explains how partnership can help to overcome common obstacles companies face.

The guide provides an introduction to inclusive business covering: areas for Inclusivity; the business case for inclusive business; community and social impact; challenges and solutions; and leading the way - which looks at how inclusive initiatives emerge and what the next steps could be.

Summary of the publicationThe guide provides an overview about the concept of inclusive business and gives practical advice on how companies can take better advantage of it. The guide describes the target market with its unique structural features and defines the BRIICS states and Mexico as the most important markets for future activities. Energy, financial services, food and agriculture, housing and construction, information and communications technology (ICT) and water are identified as the most promising sectors.

Esta guía se enfoca en los negocios inclusivos en palma de aceite, presenta sus características de un negocio inclusivo y un paso a paso de cómo se prepara, se ejecuta y se acompaña un negocio inclusivo de esta naturaleza.